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I’m a pioneer and I want to be on the frontier. I just can't imagine having the self-belief to write like this about myself in public. (And I didn't really che

I’m a pioneer and I want to be on the frontier. I just can't imagine having the self-belief to write like this about myself in public. (And I didn't really cherry-pick the sentence.)

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dualogy 12y ago
Sounds pretty normal for someone from the Cali/SV/SF ego bubble.. and these types are flocking to Berlin now? Gonna have to shorten my annual Berlin summer break from 3 months to 1 then :D
- peterwiese 12y ago
  lol those people only hang out in mitte and xberg, so no worries, easy to avoid them.
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shiz 12y ago
Yeah, the author seems to be really full of himself. More than the half of the article is about him and how awesome he is. All in all, I also even find the article to be very condecending.
- atroyn 12y ago
  The author is writing about what experiences and goals motivated him to move to Berlin, and what he's doing here now. It's a personal article, of course it will have the author at its focus.
  - shiz 12y ago
    Actually, he doesn't even write that much about it. Apparently his decision to go to Berlin was made after asking 'his well-traveled friends' what they would suggest. The rest his him praising himself...
  - callum85 12y ago
    You could say that about any article about one's own experiences. This one is different.
hoggle 12y ago
To be fair it's the guy behind Heroku which probably was the first company to really democratize the concept of PaaS and in addition to Engine Yard they were of big help in making ruby/rails more popular. His statement is not wrong and I applaud his unbroken enthusiasm.
- Myrmornis 12y ago
  There are a large number of people in history with even greater achievements than heroku who have not succumbed to these extreme levels of narcissism.
czbond 12y ago
This doesn't sound like "narcissistic" at all. Simply a statement. Maybe you're reading it with imposed self-belief which is causing a negative feeling? (Mumbo jumbo for - don't be jealous. It's not overstating at all)

I’m a pioneer and I want to be on the frontier. I just can't imagine having the self-belief to write like this about myself in public. (And I didn't really cherry-pick the sentence.)

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dualogy 12y ago

Sounds pretty normal for someone from the Cali/SV/SF ego bubble.. and these types are flocking to Berlin now? Gonna have to shorten my annual Berlin summer break from 3 months to 1 then :D

peterwiese 12y ago
lol those people only hang out in mitte and xberg, so no worries, easy to avoid them.

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shiz 12y ago

Yeah, the author seems to be really full of himself. More than the half of the article is about him and how awesome he is. All in all, I also even find the article to be very condecending.

atroyn 12y ago
The author is writing about what experiences and goals motivated him to move to Berlin, and what he's doing here now. It's a personal article, of course it will have the author at its focus.
- shiz 12y ago
  Actually, he doesn't even write that much about it. Apparently his decision to go to Berlin was made after asking 'his well-traveled friends' what they would suggest. The rest his him praising himself...
- callum85 12y ago
  You could say that about any article about one's own experiences. This one is different.

hoggle 12y ago

To be fair it's the guy behind Heroku which probably was the first company to really democratize the concept of PaaS and in addition to Engine Yard they were of big help in making ruby/rails more popular. His statement is not wrong and I applaud his unbroken enthusiasm.

Myrmornis 12y ago
There are a large number of people in history with even greater achievements than heroku who have not succumbed to these extreme levels of narcissism.

czbond 12y ago

This doesn't sound like "narcissistic" at all. Simply a statement. Maybe you're reading it with imposed self-belief which is causing a negative feeling? (Mumbo jumbo for - don't be jealous. It's not overstating at all)